(19)
(11) EP 1 467 365 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/42

(21) Application number: 04252082.5

(22) Date of filing: 07.04.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G11B 17/04(2006.01)
 G11B 33/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 09.04.2003 JP 2003104839

(71) Applicant: Sony Corporation
Tokyo 141 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Obata, Manabu Sony Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Mitsuji, Zensaku Sony Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Murata, Morihiro Sony Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Negoro, Hisashi Sony EMCS Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Hirano, Yusuke Sony EMCS Corporation
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Leppard, Andrew John et al
D Young & Co 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY
London EC1N 2DY (GB)

   


(54) Disk drive unit


(57) A disk drive unit advantageously prevents dust from adhering to a pickup. The disk drive unit has a housing and a tray. The tray reciprocates between a retracted position and a projected position. A first pickup and a second pickup have a spindle motor located therebetween. The tray has a first cutout and a second cutout. A cover is provided to cover the top of the second pickup in its retreated position. The cover has a cover piece, which is disposed in a front portion of the cover that is positioned on the upstream side relative to the rotational direction of a disk-shaped recording medium such that it is movable in a direction parallel to the direction in which the second pickup moves, and urged in the projecting direction.







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